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by mseebach 5349 days ago
Doesn't the Square solution work like a common separate-hardware credit card terminal? You run the flow on your regular POS system, including any receipt printing, and then just use Square at the very end to handle the payment?
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No, at least not on the iPad, and even if it did most businesses would see that as pretty backwards. every second counts, in restaurants especially, and essentially maintaining two sets of books always leads to trouble.